Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-28
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what An Eapers NNs to say About Tea Con
sumptioa In England ana Ams r,ca.

wnes An Exper NNs to say About Tea Con.
sumpiioa In England anu Amr r,ca.
From the Baltimore sun.
Mr. Owen A. Gill returned to Baltimore
from trip to London. On the suhiec, Of q.
drinking MIR. Gill says: awhile the con.
sumption Of tea in America il hut one pound
per capita, PER annum, II is seven pounds for
the United Kingdom. and probably nearer 10
for London, and, as It is ut that port that all
oil OF the tea is received, Il is quite reasonable
70 suppose that the tea men there know moro
about tea than We do. My experience Of q
fortnight In Mincing lane Aad Eastcheap, the
great tea marts, quite satisfy me that our
English cousins can teach us many things
about the cup that cheers Looking for the
causes OF the greater use OF tea there than In
America, 1t may be due In part to climate,
but think It Is more because better teas, ~
rule, are used there is not 80 much trash
and adulterstivs tea "a with us. Five shil.
lipgS or 30 cents, Is about the lowest you see
In the storea, on which the retailer is content
with proht OF ten to fifteen per cent In
England four hfihs OF all the tea used is what
we call English Rreakfast,' but the
most singular thing to me il that
this name Is unknown to the people there.
They speak OF 'Souchong,' 'Congou' or
Pecco > S,uchong,' which Is quite correct and
in accordance with the tea mems descriptions
while In America all these subdivisions are
| Jumped under the name OF English Break.
| fast The finer qualities OF these teas ~
| made there more nearly resemble cup OF
coffee or chocolate than the green tea We use,
| and have seen Americans. after calling for u
| pot oil tea and looking At the dark golden in
| fusion, tell the waiter he had made mistake
1t was not coffee they wanted. They use
quite double the quantity Of tea to a cup that
| we do, and then with cream or boiled milk
the infusion Is rich and almost thick to the
taste. No wonder 1t is substituted for coffee
at breakfast for it is quite invigorating, and
they say without any OF the unpleasant after
| effects OF coffee. Tnat Is the view they tax g
OF II, and AN inclined to think there Is some
| wisdom in It In America for tea tn sell al
auction IN large wholesale way for TO and ~
cents is unusual; It is the extreme. Yet
have seen tea sell in London at the public
sales for over four shillings which is one
dollar. Such teas are not shipped to us at all
they would not be appreciated, and doubtless
would sell At q loss.
| sin the handling of teas We are far ahead
Of the knelishmap, and IL appears so absurd
the trouble they take to examine each pack
age as ii passes through the customs In
| New York cargo OF tea will arrive; Que
| chest of each lot Is tax en- a. random ~ \ sam
| pie, by which the entire lot is sold and 1t il
| very rare occurrence that there is any varia
ton. There, on the contrary, they will Otter
"bulk the entire lot; that Is, they will opeI
| and empty out every chest, mix 1t all to
gether, then repack into the chests 80 tina
they may be quite sure 1t runs alike Whii
we endeavor to save labor, they strive &
, make work for some one 1t may surpris
some to know that England Is now no longs
entirely dependent on China and japan 10
her teas, but Is purchasing in her own colon
les more than half of the tea consumed there
Tea men confidently look forward 70 tn
time when the teas OF India Celyon anc
Java will replace those Of China, TOR tn
reason that they are of better quality
|, stronger and 60 farther, wh,is they are en-
tiFeiv ESde by machinery. / have seel
these machines, which are all made In Eng
| land and sent out to the colonies They ar
| ponderous affairs, but do the work of rolling,
fermenting,' drying and firing the leaf II
most uniform manner and with certainty
l said good.by to Mincng lane and East
cheap with regret The tea men were mos
hospitable, and entirely willing t, impart al
the information they possessed to a movies
| from Baltimore"